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MI6 Swaps Bomb Making Info With Cupcake Recipe On al-Qaeda Website
The British Intelligence agency has unveiled its latest weapon in the war on terror, cupcake recipes published by the Ellen DeGeneres show. MI6 hacked an online al-Queda magazine replacing instructions about how to “Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom" with a web page of recipes for “The Best Cupcakes in America” from Ellen's show. From the article: "It included a recipe for the Mojito Cupcake – 'made of white rum cake and draped in vanilla buttercream'- and the Rocky Road Cupcake – 'warning: sugar rush ahead!' By contrast, the original magazine featured a recipe showing how to make a lethal pipe bomb using sugar, match heads and a miniature lightbulb, attached to a timer."
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*puts on sunglasses* ... those cupcakes were dynamite.
You can be sure that this didn't stop a single person from learning how to make a bomb. However, it did let lots of people know about some capabilities that are probably fragile. Of course if this is all they are going to do with them, then losing those capabilities is not a big loss.
Have gnu, will travel.
Dear Al Qaeda reader,
Have a cake on us.
Yours,
MI6
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The replacement instructions are obviously bogus and will be ignored. What would be smarter would be to subtly modify the bomb recipes so that they simply won't work, or will blow up in the terrorist's face.
Its the extra kick in the balls when they put up an alcoholic recipe knowing fully well that its against Islam
Looking at the fat-asses around my city, I think these horrible cake-bombs have been a success.
I would have gone for a bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin recipe. Sort of a kick in the nuts within a kick in the nuts.
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Someone post the recipe already, sounds delicious.
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It seems to me that MI6 has shown considerable insensitivity to the Muslim readers of this magazine by including alcoholic cupcakes among the recipes.
Which is deadlier?
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Who said those limey British bastards at MI6 don’t have a sense of humor?
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Even MI6 doesn't give a rats ass about copyright infringement . I think it would be hilarious if they were sued.
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Now they will be putting pipe bombs in cupcakes.
Why is it that most of the people that I encounter seem to have been shat from the Sphincter of Mediocrity?
Did MI-6 properly license the copyright to the recipe from WarnerBros (the producers of the Ellen Degeneres Show).
Will WarnerBros pursue MI-6, who will disavow all knowledge? or perhaps the alQueda site for re-publishing the recipe without permission?
how to make a lethal pipe bomb using sugar, match heads and a miniature lightbulb,
It might be more lethal if it contained an oxidizer.
Just sayin'
Did anyone else read the headline and think that MI6 had given Al Qaeda bomb plans in return for a cupcake recipe?
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They are giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Did Pinkie Pie start working at MI-6?
Now that we know their website is hackable somebody needs to replace their gay little cupcake recipe with instructions on how to teabag the Quran. With pictures.
Good on you MI6. I like the idea about the subtle changes. Eliminate the problem permanently.
Do they have permission to reproduce these recipes?
it's da bomb
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
So it sounds like this was an attempt at inserting recipes, and the result was actually raw HTML. Still accomplishes the DELETE PIPE BOMBS mission, but probably didn't get much more than an eyebrow-raise from the readership...
They swapped the recipies? I sure hope they copied the cupcake recipe to the Al Qaeda website and left the recipe on Ellen's website unchanged!
The cupcake is a fib.
It should have been a doughnut post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Doughnut_Day> National Doughnut Day
The obligatory reference needs to be made now. I think Ellen should sue them for Copyright Infringement, sue them for libel for associating her with Al Qaeda and then get a Super Injunction requiring them keep their mouths shut.
Up Next: "Suspicious package found in airport discovered to be cupcakes connected to detonator"
The best bombs are made with love.
...he creamed himself in front of an embassy?
How very embassaring... er, embarrassing.
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
I think Ellen should sue for Libel and then get a Super Injunction. Otherwise the US may investigate her for providing support to a terrorist organization.
sugar, eggs and peanutbutter does not turn into a cookie when you bake it. It turns into FIRE.
Wasn't there a kerfluffle where some magazine ripped off recipes from somebody's website and then barefacedly tried to tell the blogger they owned the recipes ? I can't find the story right now, my google-fu must be waning.
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Cupcakes are indeed as deadly as bombs. They just take much longer.
Now if you'll excuse me, I must return to my anonymous cowardly life...
.. the cake is a lie?
Put up recipes for bacon-wrapped scallops and for bacon cheese burgers. I just can't see how they could stay Muslim.
multimegacalorie fat bombs, guaranteed to make your dress size (yes, you have a dress size, even if you never wear one) explode.
Al-Qaeda: What happen?
Mechanic: Someone set us cup the cake.
Operator: We get sprinkles.
Al-Qaeda: What!
Operator: Microwave turn on.
Al-Qaeda: It's you!!
MI6: How are you gentlemen!!
MI6: All your bomb are belong to us.
How long until there's a DMCA take-down notice for posting recipes from Ellen's show? Who gets the notice, MI6 or al-Qaeda?
... was a lie?
Did anyone else read the headline and think that MI6 had given Al Qaeda bomb plans in return for a cupcake recipe?
That's exactly what happened. Only thing is, the explosive will not blow up and the cupcake recipe contains a powerful laxative.
Soldier of Fortune magazine used to include schematics on such things as home made grenades. There was a small disclaimer that stated the instructions were not to be followed as serious personal injury or death may result. After looking at the diagram for a few moments it became clear that there was no lock mechanisim for holding the plunger after the pin was pulled. It was designed so that when the pin was pulled, the grenade instantly exploded. Too bad we cant give them a few of those designs.
On a related note, I remember a few years ago reading about some moron who had bags of fertalizer (the wrong type) a propane tank or two, and some non-connected wind up clocks in his car...perhaps it was even here in Toronto. Most of these people arent really the sharpest knife in the drawer.
We are here at an online al-Queda magazine webserver, where we've secretly replaced the bomb recipes they usually serve with Folgers Crystals. Let's see if anyone can tell the difference!
You guys are all way off base. Obviously, Al Qaeda are fans of slashdot and this is just their tribute to Taco's awesome "OMG! PONIES!" stunt. Like the demographics of our very own geek community, the terrorist group has a lopsidedly lack of female representation and such image changes are simply a way to attract members of the opposite sex.
Hell ! This is evil !
...the real bomb recipe. MI6 won't be able to nix this every week.
Even if MI6 did manage that, what happens when t'urrists learn to use bittorrent?
You might be up to something. I just heard that al-Qaeda had amazing benefits. Mi-6 might just trying to copy their benefits package
"More proof of its corporate structure: As odd as it sounds, al-Qaida had excellent HR benefits. The seized documents showed that al-Qaida paid an unusual amount of attention to its fighters and their families. Married members were allowed to have seven days of vacation for every three weeks worked. " ( npr)
...an advertisement for GitHub alongside this article.
("How to make a bomb" [fork me on GitHub!])
Yes, cyberwarfare is an important part of tackling problems with terrorism, however I'm not really sure if replacing content wholesale like this is actually that useful of an idea.
Wouldn't it be more effective to just tweak the bomb recipe so that it would subtly fail? If you replace a bomb recipe with one for cupcakes, no committed suicide bomber is going to stay and whip up some buttercream frosting instead of an IED. It's a dick move, but one might even be tempted to tweak a bomb recipe so that people trying to follow the steps would cause themselves harm, instead of making a working device.
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Give the open & tolerant attitude the islamatards have towards homosexuality I find it particularly amusing that the recipe comes from Ellen DeRugmuncher & contains Rum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbEenHXmmy4
I remember seeing another article nearly a full year ago about this, but it was much more informational and less sensational. Now, it seems that this was all an operation by the good ole US. Imagine that.
I'm more inclined to believe that the entire thing, including the original magazine, was a psyops project. Looking at it the way the Public Intelligence does is far less non-nonsensical than wasted efforts altering a file that is likely to have an offline original copy somewhere when you could just... sabotage the server and take off the head. I'm sure it looks good to people who watch Fox news, but for those who know how the world really works, it just doesn't add up, much like the wording used in the so-called magazine.
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Whats the url? Sounds delicious!